Could not find matching constructor for: java.io.File(File)

[rafaelmaeuer]

Description

When upgrading to RN 0.68.0 I moved from gradle-wrapper 6.9.1 to 7.3.3 and gradle 4.2.2 to 7.1.1 resulting in following error on gradle-sync: Could not find matching constructor for: java.io.File(File).

With help of: groovy.lang.GroovyRuntimeException: Could not find matching constructor for: java.io.File(File) I added toString() in L41 of /node_modules/react-native/react.gradle b/node_modules/react-native/react.gradle and gradle sync is working again.

The patch-package diff is attached, I can create a PR if requested.

Version

0.68.0

Output of npx react-native info

System:
OS: macOS 12.3.1
CPU: (16) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-9880H CPU @ 2.30GHz
Memory: 2.13 GB / 32.00 GB
Shell: 5.8 - /bin/zsh
Binaries:
Node: 17.7.2 - /usr/local/bin/node
Yarn: 1.22.18 - /usr/local/bin/yarn
npm: 8.5.2 - /usr/local/bin/npm
Watchman: 2022.03.21.00 - /usr/local/bin/watchman
Managers:
CocoaPods: 1.11.3 - /usr/local/bin/pod
SDKs:
iOS SDK:
Platforms: DriverKit 21.4, iOS 15.4, macOS 12.3, tvOS 15.4, watchOS 8.5
Android SDK:
API Levels: 26, 28, 29, 30, 31
Build Tools: 27.0.3, 28.0.3, 29.0.2, 30.0.2, 30.0.3, 31.0.0, 31.0.0, 31.0.0, 31.0.0, 32.0.0, 33.0.0
System Images: android-28 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom, android-31 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom_64
Android NDK: 22.1.7171670
IDEs:
Android Studio: 2021.1 AI-211.7628.21.2111.8309675
Xcode: 13.3.1/13E500a - /usr/bin/xcodebuild
Languages:
Java: 11.0.12 - /usr/bin/javac
npmPackages:
@react-native-community/cli: Not Found
react: 18.0.0 => 18.0.0
react-native: 0.68.0 => 0.68.0
react-native-macos: Not Found
npmGlobalPackages:
react-native: Not Found

Steps to reproduce

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diff --git a/node_modules/react-native/react.gradle b/node_modules/react-native/react.gradle
index d876b13..88be08c 100644
--- a/node_modules/react-native/react.gradle
+++ b/node_modules/react-native/react.gradle
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ def hermesCommand = config.hermesCommand ?: "../../node_modules/hermes-engine/%O
 def detectCliPath(config, reactRoot) {
     // 1. preconfigured path
     if (config.cliPath) {
-        def cliJsAbsolute = new File(config.cliPath)
+        def cliJsAbsolute = new File(config.cliPath.toString())
         if (cliJsAbsolute.exists()) {
             return cliJsAbsolute.getAbsolutePath()
         }

[rafaelmaeuer]

The problem was coming from the migration of uni-modules to expo-modules when using file references like this (from https://github.com/expo/fyi/blob/main/expo-modules-migration.md#android):

new File(["node", "--print", "require.resolve('react-native/package.json')"].execute(null, rootDir).text.trim(), "../react.gradle")

I was able to solve the issue by moving from the above example code to relative references like:

apply from: "../../node_modules/react-native/react.gradle".

[onedanshow]

Thanks @rafaelmaeuer!